[SPG_Active_Members] Saving video games

[Henry Lowood]

As a matter of fact, just yesterday we found a copy of the source code 
for the Don Woods version of Adventure, plus the database code/data and 
a bunch of messages and texts.  This was part of a project to rescue the 
files of Stanford's old SUMEX-AIM machine.  Our colleagues at U. 
Maryland recently discovered the original Willy Crowther version of the 
source, so we're getting there. We've had less success with commercial 
titles, but a few publishers have released some code, e.g. id.
Henry

Grady Booch wrote:
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> and let's not forget to try to preserve the corresponding source code, 
> not just the executables.....
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> Closer to home:_
> __http://pvw.illinois.edu/pvw/_
> Games are only a part of this project, which is an effort of Stanford, 
> U. Maryland, U. Illinois, and RIT.
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> The guys behind the Portsmouth and KEEP projects have been at this a 
> long time.
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> There will be payoffs for software preservation generally from all of 
> these efforts, not just for games and virtual worlds. Also, the 
> games/virtual worlds efforts are focusing on player (user) behavior in 
> ways that should offer some new ideas for software preservation, as well.
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> I'm directing one of the Preserving Virtual Worlds teams, in case 
> anyone has questions.
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> Henry
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> Al Kossow wrote:
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>             On 2/12/09 9:09 AM, "Randall Neff"
>             _<randall.neff at gmail.com>_
>             <mailto:randall.neff at gmail.com> wrote:
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>                                     From Techradar.com     linked to
>                                     from Slashdot.org
>                                           _http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/uk-uni-developing-massive-games-emulator_-
>                         528487
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>                         UK university develops massive games emulator
>                         Videogames are not pulp cultural artefacts and
>                         should be preserved
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>                         UK researchers at Portsmouth University
>                         developing massive, universal
>                         games and data emulator to preserve our
>                         digital heritage
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>             This is part of a 3.5 million euro 3 year effort called KEEP.
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>             _http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/index.php?lg=en&main=News&site=02:00:00&i_
>             <http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/index.php?lg=en&main=News&site=02:00:00&i>
>             d=186
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>             _http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=FP7_PROJ_EN&ACTION=D&DOC=1&CAT=PROJ&QUE_
>             <http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=FP7_PROJ_EN&ACTION=D&DOC=1&CAT=PROJ&QUE>
>             RY=011f37a73b31:61ba:091d22f8&RCN=89496
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>             Now, if someone would come up with $5m for preservation of
>             something OTHER
>             than games...
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Henry Lowood
Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections;
     Film & Media Collections
HRG, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall, Stanford University Libraries
Stanford CA 94305-6004 USA
http://www.stanford.edu/~lowood
lowood at stanford.edu; 650-723-4602

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